diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 2c248a45175b4fe28339b25526ecd1fe3526b23e..233a50c6e4756f462d3e697bc5c4482ed3033641 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 gem 'rails', '4.2.8'
 gem 'rails-deprecated_sanitizer', '~> 1.0.3'
-gem 'bootsnap', '~> 1.1'
 
 # Responders respond_to and respond_with
 gem 'responders', '~> 2.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f356024506c1d537c732b44e439c2106e2c77d26..deaf3ded2f990baefd2df27fe270166e4f402aaf 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ GEM
     bindata (2.3.5)
     binding_of_caller (0.7.2)
       debug_inspector (>= 0.0.1)
-    bootsnap (1.1.1)
-      msgpack (~> 1.0)
     bootstrap-sass (3.3.6)
       autoprefixer-rails (>= 5.2.1)
       sass (>= 3.3.4)
@@ -465,7 +463,6 @@ GEM
     minitest (5.7.0)
     mmap2 (2.2.7)
     mousetrap-rails (1.4.6)
-    msgpack (1.1.0)
     multi_json (1.12.1)
     multi_xml (0.6.0)
     multipart-post (2.0.0)
@@ -930,7 +927,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   benchmark-ips (~> 2.3.0)
   better_errors (~> 2.1.0)
   binding_of_caller (~> 0.7.2)
-  bootsnap (~> 1.1)
   bootstrap-sass (~> 3.3.0)
   bootstrap_form (~> 2.7.0)
   brakeman (~> 3.6.0)
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/update_bootsnap_1-1-1.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/update_bootsnap_1-1-1.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ecfe4b60c8501bdac856f6a26256d75d458dcb2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/changelogs/unreleased/update_bootsnap_1-1-1.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-title: Bump bootsnap to 1.1.1
-merge_request: 12425
-author: @blackst0ne
diff --git a/config/boot.rb b/config/boot.rb
index 02baeab29ab69d8270c72314046f94709f6454e3..2d01092acd5dfdb1199e5ce2e508aeb652e3fead 100644
--- a/config/boot.rb
+++ b/config/boot.rb
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@ ENV['BUNDLE_GEMFILE'] ||= File.expand_path('../../Gemfile', __FILE__)
 
 require 'bundler/setup' if File.exist?(ENV['BUNDLE_GEMFILE'])
 
-begin
-  require 'bootsnap/setup'
-rescue SystemCallError => exception
-  $stderr.puts "WARNING: Bootsnap failed to setup: #{exception.message}"
-end
-
 # set default directory for multiproces metrics gathering
 if ENV['RAILS_ENV'] == 'development' || ENV['RAILS_ENV'] == 'test'
   ENV['prometheus_multiproc_dir'] ||= 'tmp/prometheus_multiproc_dir'